A Monkey King, Two Fortune Tellers, and Three Prayers Change a Pilot’s Course of Life
Destiny is like a pilot inside a cockpit flying, who is unsure of where he’s headed. He can’t fall asleep or not pay attention, because then he’d crash and not get to wherever he was going. But if he stays focused and present, the friendly skies will clear, and he’ll ...
Learning meditation at Foley Square in Manhattan
Following an annual experience-sharing conference at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on May 17, Falun Gong practitioners held numerous activities in New York City the next day to introduce the self-improvement system to the public. Insurance Agent: This Is What I Need Javier Vega, an insurance agent, works in Manhattan ...
San Francisco, California: People from all walks of life come to learn Falun Gong
During the free Falun Gong workshop at the Fremont Main Library on April 30, 2019, dozens of people from all walks of life and from different ethnic backgrounds living in the San Francisco Bay Area came to learn. Relaxation of Mind and Body Urvashi Anand used to suffer from ...
Barbara’s story: A recovery almost too extreme to be believed
It was early morning on June 3rd when Doctor Margaret Trey’s Qantas flight landed at Tom Bradley International Airport in Los Angeles after an extended delay at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport. She hastily glanced at her watch, noting nervously the exceedingly little time she had before her connecting flight to New ...
The ears are the legend of the human body’s map
Did you know that through your ears you could be able to read the human body’s map and discover all of the possible diseases affecting it? According to western medicine, ears are nothing worthy or special attention. They are just cartilaginous structures that help us capture sounds. However, for traditional Chinese ...
Thirty years of chronic pain healed in four months
Ann Teurlings, from Belgium, is the mother of six children. Thirty years ago she sustained injuries from a severe car accident, which left her with chronic pain for decades. However, all of that changed after she began practicing Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa), a traditional Chinese cultivation practice ...
David Bowie’s drummer did drugs every day—But in 1990s, something turned his life around
During his early years, Sterling Campbell, a NYC-based drummer for British rock star David Bowie, lived an unrestrained lifestyle—drinking alcohol and smoking pot every day. He couldn’t break out of the vicious cycle until one day in the 90s, when he stumbled across something precious that completely turned his life ...
From drugs and despair to becoming a good person, living a normal life and striving to do even better
From drugs and despair to becoming a good person, living a normal life and striving to do even better When Mateusz Filipkowski was a boy in Poland, he believed in the existence of a wonderful realm, transcending all the pain and suffering of the world. He looked for the spiritual ...
Silicon Valley engineer blessed with good health thanks to Falun Gong
Mr. Zhang Zengjun, 57, works as a network management engineer for a Silicon Valley company in California. He is very healthy and happy. It’s hard to believe that about 20 years ago, Mr. Zhang suffered from terrible migraines that were thought to be incurable. Before practicing Falun Gong he suffered from ...
When you’re grateful, your brain becomes more charitable
‘Tis the season when the conversation shifts to what you’re thankful for. Gathered with family and friends around a holiday feast, for instance, people may recount some of the biggies – like their health or their children – or smaller things that enhance everyday life – like happening upon a ...
Martins Rubenis, an Olympic medalist’s story of change
Martins Rubenis is a retired Olympic medalist from Latvia. Born in 1978, Rubenis started learning luge when he was 9 years old. Despite the honors, an athlete’s lifestyle can inflict a huge toll on the body. “I was in my 20s, but I felt like I was 45, because my back was ...
Finding Hope in Life
Ursula lives in southern Germany. She has a wonderful family that anyone would dream of—a caring husband and three healthy children. However, she often tells her friends, “It was not as it seemed to be. I actually had nothing at all.” A Living Death Ursula had a strange illness when she was ...
New study reveals religious upbringing better for Kids’ health, well-being
A recent Harvard study reveals that children who had a religious upbringing are likely to be healthier and have a higher degree of well-being in early adulthood than those who did not. The study, conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and released last month, shows a link ...
This Argentinian lived in constant suffering, until some exercises restored her health
Life is full of many joys and sorrows, that we must face every day. When we feel a void in our hearts, we look for an answer to the pain, that will help us to understand why the pain has come. Some people try to find a way to alleviate ...
How Exercise Works According to Chinese Medicine
I grew up in a swimming pool. My dad was a swimmer both in college and during World War II, and he expected us kids to be swimmers, too. I remember every summer weekday practicing at the local swim club, come rain or shine. Sometimes it was fun; sometimes not ...
Drug-Free Help for Chronic Pain
Before popping pills, try these gentle alternative treatments Let’s face it: Being in chronic pain is awful. It creeps into every aspect of life. Your sleep may suffer, it’s tough on loved ones, and you feel like there are so many things that you can’t do. Over time, being in unrelenting ...
